spirit based gloss over water based primer ok ?

May 16, 2008 5 Replies
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TonyB

It should be fine but just to be safe I would try a bit of gash wood forst. TonyB

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Hi, Two tins of Berger paint. Both called pure brilliant white both ok for interior and exterior use. Quick dry primer undercoat , clean brushes with water. Liquid gloss (clean brushes with proprietary brush cleaner)



Is it ok to use the gloss over the primer if primer allowed to dry (2hr touch dry, 4 hr before overcoating it says on primer) considering the fact that primer is water based and gloss is not ?



To cover plywood shelf.



Cheers



Steve


It should be fine but just to be safe I would try a bit of gash wood forst. TonyB

Steve,

No problems with that system internally (as per your question), but I would advise against using a water-based primer/undercoat under an oil-based gloss paint for external decoration as there is a possibility of it prematurely breaking down.

Tanner-'op

But then you could have a go if it didn't work as they said. Ouch, my cynical nerve is twitching again.

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